Frisco Thunder - Originally announced as 2009 IFL member, then announced they would take season off while Dr Pepper Arena was being renovated, team didn't return.
The IPFL led a troubled three year existence, and died after its 2001 season, with its most successful teams joining up with the National Indoor Football League.
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The Indoor Professional Football League (IPFL) was the new incarnation of the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL), which started in 1998.
All of the LSFL's charter teams were based in the state of Texas, with five teams coming from the Southern Indoor Football League, three from the Indoor Football League, plus one expansion team.
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The league added two new teams; the expansion San Angelo Bandits and the New Mexico Stars (formerly of the Indoor Football League and the LSFL's first and only team outside of Texas).
The league started operations in 2001, with many teams coming from Indoor Football League being bought the previous year and folding operations.
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Southwest Louisiana Swashbucklers – Joined the Indoor Football League and shortened their name until joining newly created Southern Indoor Football League in 2009
Furthermore, prior to championship weekend, three of the four teams that had been eliminated had announced their intentions to jump leagues and join the Xtreme Indoor Football League, yet another league co-created by Andrew Haines.
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Of these markets, five (Rome, Tupelo, and Lakeland) previously had teams in the AIFL, while Estero previously had a team in arenafootball2; The Cincinnati Commandos and Marion Blue Racers have come previously from the Continental Indoor Football League; and the Erie Explosion moves from the Southern Indoor Football League.
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The league had originally used the name "United Bowl" for the contest, but was unable to gain rights from United Indoor Football or its successor, the Indoor Football League, to use the name (the IFL continues to use the United Bowl name).
Independent Indoor Football Alliance, American indoor football league based in the state of Texas